Reviewing the impact of problem structure on planning: A software tool for analyzing tower tasks

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Kaller, Christoph P ^a   Rahm, Benjamin ^b   Köstering, Lena ^a   Unterrainer, Josef M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Planning; Problem structure; Tower of Hanoi; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FRONTAL LOBE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITION; GOALS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78149411807     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.07.029     Document Type: Review

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